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John Ruane (director)
John Ruane (born 1952) is an Australian film director best known for ''Death in Brunswick''.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 302 His first movie ''Queensland'' was made in 1975 when Ruane was a film school student. Ruane's next film was the telemovie ''Hanging Together'' followed by ''Feathers'' his second feature. Select Credits *''Queensland (film), Queensland'' (1976) - writer director *''Blood Money'' (1980) - writer *''Coming of Age (1984 film), Coming of Age'' (1984) - cinematographer *''Hanging Together'' (1985) (TV movie) *''Feathers (1987 film), Feathers'' (1987) - writer, director *''Tender Hooks'' (1988) - script editor *''Death in Brunswick'' (1991) - writer, director *''Acropolis Now'' (1992) - writer *''Under the Skin'' (1994) - TV series - writer *''That Eye, the Sky'' (1994) - writer, director *''Dead Letter Office (film), Dead Letter Office'' (1998) - direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland (film)
''Queensland'' is a 1976 film directed by John Ruane and starring John Flaus and Robert Karl. Plot Doug is a factory worker living in Melbourne who dreams of moving from Melbourne to Queensland. He attempts to reconnect with an old flame, Marge, and move to Queensland together. Cast * John Flaus as Doug *Bob Karl as Aub *Alison Bird as Marge *Tom Broadbridge as Mick Production John Ruane says he was inspired by a newspaper article about a slaughterman who killed his de facto wife and then got drunk for two days. He decided to remove the killing aspect, concentrate on the relationship. Ruane: What we were trying to do then, strangely enough, was trying to imitate '' Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' in reverse and to imitate ''Midnight Cowboy'', a sort of Northcote version of ''Midnight Cowboy'' - not the story, but the fact that they were headed for a dream. Their dream was Miami. Our film was obviously about heading to Queensland... It's about a vanishing breed of Australians. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming Of Age (1984 Film)
''Coming of Age'' is a 1984 Australian film.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 29. It is now known as a very hard to find film which is highly sought after by collectors and lovers of Australian films. Seasoned Australian softcore porn actress Angela Menzies-Wills plays the lead role of Angel. Cast * Angela Menzies-Wills as Angel * David Argue David J. Argue (born 1959) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Snowy in ''Gallipoli'' as well as the lead role in the 1993 film '' Hercules Returns'' and Dicko in the 1983 film ''Razorback A feral pig is a pig, domes ... as Stoned Cabbie / Street Monster References External links * Australian comedy films Films shot in Melbourne 1980s English-language films 1984 films 1984 comedy films 1980s Australian films {{1980s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanging Together
''Hanging Together'' is a 1985 Australian film about the second-last man hanged in Australia and a television reporter Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ente ... who uses an impending marriage as a means to pursue his obsession.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p76 Gordon Grahame's script was based on his own play which had achieved success in Sydney in 1984.H. G. Kippax, 'Play hangs together with convincing acting', ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 14 July 1984 p. 14 References External links * Australian television films 1985 television films 1985 films 1980s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feathers (1987 Film)
''Feathers'' is a 1987 Australian drama film directed by John Ruane. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Ruane says his work on this film got him the job of directing ''Dead Letter Office''. accessed 20 November 2012 Cast * James Laurie as James * as Bert * as Fran * |
Death In Brunswick
''Death in Brunswick'' is a 1990 Australian black comedy/romance starring Sam Neill, Zoe Carides, and John Clarke. It is based on the 1987 comic novel of the same name by Boyd Oxlade. At the APRA Music Awards of 1991, "Death in Brunswick" won Film Score of the Year. Plot Set and filmed in Brunswick, a Melbourne suburb, it deals with a humble chef, Carl who gets a job at a sleazy nightclub owned by Yanni Voulgaris. He begins a relationship with the Greek-Australian barmaid, Sophie (Zoe Carides), which soon brings him into trouble with his employers and her strict father. His drug dealing Turkish-Australian co-worker, Mustafa, is beaten up by the Greek-Australian owners. Thinking Carl told them, Mustafa attacks Carl. Carl accidentally stabs and kills him. He calls his friend, Dave, a grave digger, and they bury Mustafa. This leads to one of the most famous scenes in the film—Dave's idea that they bury the body in the opened grave of someone else whose husband will be burie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Eye, The Sky
''That Eye, the Sky'' is a 1986 novel by Australian author Tim Winton. It follows the young protagonist Morton 'Ort' Flack, as he struggles to cope with life in a small country town after his father is paralysed in a serious car accident. After his father's accident, Ort is forced to step up and become the 'Man' of an increasingly complicated household. The situation becomes all the more convoluted with the introduction of the mysterious Henry Warburton, a dubious figure who says he has come to help. The story explores the theme of coming of age, and the complicated role religion plays in rural Australian life. Reviews '' The Publishers Weekly'' said of the book, ''"The wrenching story... proves love like Ort's can prevail against hell itself"'' The ''Los Angeles Times'' writes that, ''"The great strength of the novel is in the way the grotesque contrasts and parallels in human life are spread out, examined and accepted."'' Film adaptations The film adaptation was directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Letter Office (film)
''Dead Letter Office'' is a 1998 Australian Romantic comedy, Romance Comedy film directed by John Ruane (director), John Ruane and written by Deb Cox, and starring Miranda Otto. The film was released in united states on October 8, 1999. Plot "After years of having her letters to her estranged father come back as undeliverable, a young woman named Alice Walsh takes a job at a Dead Letter Office - a postal facility where undeliverable mail ends up. She hopes to figure out how to locate her father by learning the system from the inside and perhaps finding clues about his whereabouts. Working at the Dead Letter Office, Alice discovers a world of lost connections and forgotten correspondence. The office processes thousands of pieces of mail that couldn't reach their intended recipients due to incorrect addresses, illegible handwriting, or recipients who have moved without leaving forwarding addresses. As Alice sorts through the endless stream of returned letters, postcards, and packag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Of Lionel's Life
''The Love of Lionel's Life'' is an Australian film for television. It was also known as ''Open Life''. Cast *Matt Day as Lionel * Alex Dimitriades as Steve *Nadine Garner as Lena * Steven Vidler as Robbie *Graeme Blundell as Stan *Carol Burns as Mavis *Heather Mitchell as Detective Sergeant *Chris Betts * Paul Denny as Darren *Catherine Miller *Chris Anderson *Jean-Marc Russ Production The film was partly financed by the Film Finance Corporation and screened on Channel Ten. References External links *''The Love of Lionel's Life''at BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, d ... Australian television films 2000 television films 2000 films 2000s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Births
Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, South Africa, Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan and Dominion of Ceylon, Ceylon. The princess, who is on a visit to Kenya when she hears of the death of her father, King George VI, aged 56, takes the regnal name Elizabeth II. ** In the United States, a Artificial heart, mechanical heart is used for the first time in a human patient. *February 7 – New York City announces its first crosswalk devices to be installed. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 1952 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics are held in Oslo, Norway. * February 15 – The State Funeral of King Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
